THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has done well to release more maize to millers to ensure adequate supply of mealie meal on the market.In yesterday’s edition, we carried a story of Economist Emmanuel Zulu commending the FRA for releasing cheaply priced maize to millers to help cushion the escalating prices of mealie-meal in the country.Mr Zulu said in an interview with Millennium TV that the move would help to stabilise the price of mealie-meal on the market.This move follows a public outcry against the high price of mealie meal. Government has taken deliberate steps to intervene in bringing the prices of mealie meal down amidst complaints from the public.While noting the positive steps taken by FRA, we also feel that only sustainable policies will stabilise the price of mealie meal.We note for instance that the government has through the Zambia National Service (ZNS) started producing cheaply priced mealie meal. This however, is yet to spread […]
WELL DONE FRA
